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Palaeortyx Palaeortyx joleaudi Ennouchi 1930

/pˈæliːˌɔːɹɾɪks/ estimated
Late Cretaceous (Zanclean) · 20.4–5.1 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
granivore
Locomotion
flight
Habitat
flying

Where It Was Found

Country
Spain
Regions
Aragon · Soria
Formation
Alfambra
Dig sites
7
distinct collections
Recorded finds in Spain. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Palaeortyx joleaudi is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 20.4–5.1 million years ago. It was a granivore. It is recorded as flying. Fossils have been recovered from Aragon, Spain. It was named by Ennouchi 1930. The species is represented by 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~24%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 7 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Palaeortyx joleaudi sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Palaeortyx
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Palaeortyx joleaudi's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

same–clade
Palaeortyx
Palaeortyx intermedia
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same–clade
Palaeortyx
Palaeortyx phasianoides
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same–clade
Miophasianus
Miophasianus altus
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same–clade
Phasianus
Phasianus americanus
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